Like many fatherless daughters, myself included, Jayne Martin wasn’t without a father in the strictest sense of the term.
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Category: Reviews
An archive of our reviews of memoirs, essay collections, and other works of creative nonfiction.
REVIEW: Quagmire: Personal Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan edited by Donald Anderson
The collection offers multiple perspectives of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, told in short essays by soldiers, sisters, scholars, lovers and more.
REVIEW: Slow Fuse of the Possible: A Memoir of Poetry and Psychoanalysis by Kate Daniels
Stream-of-consciousness, vivid imagery and poetic mechanics yields a memoir vividly capturing the author’s experience in psychoanalysis.
REVIEW: My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
The horrific experiences of African migrants seeking asylum in Europe is the focus of this reported nonfiction book.
REVIEW: A Braided Heart: Essays on Writing and Form by Brenda Miller
Focusing on form, process, and hybridity, creative nonfiction guru Brenda Miller offers guidance and inspiration for writing the lyric essay.
REVIEW: City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life Into a Dying American Town by Susan Hartman
The story of three immigrants helping to transform the city of Utica, N.Y., gives fresh insights about refugees forced to flee home.
REVIEW: Thin Places: A Natural History of Healing and Home by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
The memoir of growing up amid Ireland’s strife weaves together politics, the natural world and the author’s story.
REVIEW: Dreadful Sorry: Essays on an American Nostalgia by Jennifer Niesslein
Americans’ affinity for nostalgia becomes a personal exploration of family, race and memories in this thoughtful essay collection.
REVIEW: Killer Looks: The Forgotten History of Plastic Surgery in Prisons by Zara Stone
The little-known history of plastic surgery for prisoners reflects a societal bias about attractiveness and a surprising aid to convict rehabilitation.
REVIEW: Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family by Madhushree Ghosh
The memoir deftly braids memories of food and a Bengali upbringing with reflections of how cuisine has informed the writer’s sense of identity…
